8 key coal plant questions. There are many inadequacies in Texas' environmental permitting process that are contributing to the state's poor air quality. [News Source]

A bad investment for our power and our air. No one is handing me a ballot, but if they did I'd say "no" to investing in a new dinosaur: the coal-fired power plant proposed for Taylor County, FL. [News Source]

Vegetable oil fuel for cleaner air. In a region that often suffers from high particulate air pollution, our local governments could take the lead on an initiative that would help clear the air in Virginia. [News Source]

The good news about oil prices is the bad news. The bad news about energy just keeps coming. [News Source]

Take the clean air challenge. Your kids may not know the ins and outs of air pollution, but even preschoolers realize that a brown sky on a summer day is bad news for them. [News Source]

A smoking tailpipe. Every driver has seen it: a clunker spewing a dark cloud of smoky exhaust. Why doesn't the law pull these bad-boy polluters over? [News Source]

Mercury a no-brainer for state regulators. Wisconsin's more than 15,000 lakes are all under fish consumption advisories because of mercury. [News Source]

Cheshire fight enters court. A man still living near power plant after most other residents moved away wants American Electric Power to remove sulfuric acid from his Cheshire, OH, neighborhood. [News Source]

New plan to clean Inland Bays faulted. Once in a while, Milton resident Melissa DiTomasso admits, Delaware's prized Inland Bays send up an unwelcome greeting. [News Source]

Decorate nursery with baby’s health in mind. Bernadette Upton gives mothers-to-be a wakeup call with one sentence. "Typically," she says, "we bring baby home to the sickest room in the house." [News Source]

Belle River Power Plant receives environmental award. State politicians and environmental agency representatives lauded the environmental friendliness of DTE Energy's Belle River Power Plant Friday as the China Township facility received the Clean Corporate Citizen designation from the Department of Environmental Quality. [News Source]